Oksana Kryzhanivska: Metamorphosis

Oksana Kryzhanivska, "Metamorphosis, detail," nd

Oksana Kryzhanivska is an interdisciplinary artist, who explores the potential to enhance human perception with computationally-augmented experience of sculpture. By sharing the technologically intensified tactile sensation her hybrid art forms speak about the capacity to think with the body. These interactive sculptures communicate metaphors of the body: they evoke in the audience images of the reconfigured human body, its internal organs and raw flesh. These flesh-like forms communicate with sensory metaphors through tactile sensing, electronic response, and mixed-reality environments. In this inquiry Oksana explores technologically-enhanced fabrication methods – composing hybrid materials, simulating virtual textures with electronics, and building machinery and digital tools.

Curator, Marjan Eggermont is the Associate Dean (Student Affairs) and a senior instructor in The Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, teaching in the area of engineering design and communication. She is also an artist who exhibits nationally and internationally. Marjan teaches graphics, communication, technology and design history, biomimicry, and information visualization. She is currently finishing her PhD in Computational Media Design. She co-founded and designs bio-inspired design journal Zygote Quarterly (zqjournal.org). ZQ was a finalist in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 for a Digital Magazine Award in the Science and Technology category. Marjan joined the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) in 2004 and is currently on the ASEE Board. She was also named one of Calgary’s 20 Most Influential Artists by the Calgary Artwalk Society in 2000.